මෙසියානික යුදෙව්වන් (ක්රිස්තුස්වහන්සේ මෙසියස් ලෙස පිළිගත් යුදෙව්වන් )හා අරාබි ක්රිස්තියානිවරුන් සිරියානු අනාථයන්ට, මානුෂික ආධාර සපයති
Messianic Jews, Christian Arabs Reach Out to Syrian Refugees
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
David Lazarus
David Lazarus
සිරියානු පවුලක් දේශ සීමාව හරහා ඊශ්රායෙලයට අතුළුවන සේයාරුවක්
A team of Israeli
Messianic Jews and Arab Christians have been assisting Syrian war
refugees. The group recently visited a church where 219 refugees
families (over 700 people) were taking shelter after fleeing from ISIS
and other Islamist groups.
“These people lost everything,” says one member of the Israeli group, whose names need to be protected. “They even saw family members murdered or kidnapped.”
The Arab and Jewish team are working together with local Christians
who are doing what they can to care for the needs of the multitudes of
children who have been devastated by the war. The team brought a large
financial gift from the Body of Christ in Israel, Jews and Arabs who
wanted to reach out to the Syrians in a practical way.
“We brought milk for children, diapers, jackets, warm clothes,
toys and candy; we purchased heaters and blankets, small cooking stoves
and cooking pans. What a joy to see the faces of the young ones that
walked around barefoot, having lost everything, receiving new sandals,” the team member recalls.
In addition to the practical humanitarian needs, they are also
supporting educational opportunities for the multitudes of displaced
children, including Bible teachings. “We do not want to pass the pain to our children,” said a local Arab Christian working with the refugees.
Many of the refugees the team has helped are educated people with
good professions who lost everything. They told us about Mohammed (not
his real name), a successful businessman originally from the Syrian side
of the Golan Heights.
The Israeli team recounted Mohammed’s own story, which is representative of thousands of Syrian refugees, thus:
"Due to the war, he had to relocate several times during the past
3 years, but eventually had to run for his life with his family to
Jordan. While attending a funeral of one of the young men from his
village with 3000 people, a missile hit the crowd and Mohammed found
himself lying over the dead bodies of 403 people, 15 of them members of
his extended family.
"Mohammed, his 4 daughters and 3 sons, a daughter-in-law and
several grandsons then walked the cold desert to cross into Jordan, all
while facing death threats. [During the journey], some of their number
were killed by wild animals. A pregnant woman had to deliver her baby in
the freezing cold desert. They burned their jackets to make a fire to
keep the new born baby warm. Hope was waning.
Desperately, Mohammed left his family alone in the dark, cold
desert and walked for five hours until he reached a Jordanian army
border post, which provided assistance bringing his family into the
country. A month later, we visited the family and brought them jackets
to replace those they had burned. We shared the Gospel with them and
prayed for the family.
The team also visited a church that was filled with refugees, reporting:
“They slept in the pews, offices and every available place. The
church has rented a wedding hall for the people to live in. What
dedicated people that understand what is happening is an opportunity
rather then a curse! We were able to help with medications for a medical
team that travels and takes care of refugees in different places.”
At one point, several refugees became angry when a team member identified as a Messianic Jew began to speak to them. “But then I saw many people getting touched and crying,” said the Messianic believer. “Many
of the people came and said, 'When you first started to share, we
wanted to kill you, but now we know that Jesus is real and want to
accept Him has our Lord.'”
“I’ve never seen a church full of Muslim women wearing the hijab,” said the Israeli team leader. “We
could see the joy in the eyes of frightened children as we ministered
to them. We saw hunger for the truth as people started to question
Islam.”
Messianic Jews and Arab Christians have been assisting Syrian war
refugees. The group recently visited a church where 219 refugees
families (over 700 people) were taking shelter after fleeing from ISIS
and other Islamist groups.
“These people lost everything,” says one member of the Israeli group, whose names need to be protected. “They even saw family members murdered or kidnapped.”
The Arab and Jewish team are working together with local Christians
who are doing what they can to care for the needs of the multitudes of
children who have been devastated by the war. The team brought a large
financial gift from the Body of Christ in Israel, Jews and Arabs who
wanted to reach out to the Syrians in a practical way.
“We brought milk for children, diapers, jackets, warm clothes,
toys and candy; we purchased heaters and blankets, small cooking stoves
and cooking pans. What a joy to see the faces of the young ones that
walked around barefoot, having lost everything, receiving new sandals,” the team member recalls.
In addition to the practical humanitarian needs, they are also
supporting educational opportunities for the multitudes of displaced
children, including Bible teachings. “We do not want to pass the pain to our children,” said a local Arab Christian working with the refugees.
Many of the refugees the team has helped are educated people with
good professions who lost everything. They told us about Mohammed (not
his real name), a successful businessman originally from the Syrian side
of the Golan Heights.
The Israeli team recounted Mohammed’s own story, which is representative of thousands of Syrian refugees, thus:
"Due to the war, he had to relocate several times during the past
3 years, but eventually had to run for his life with his family to
Jordan. While attending a funeral of one of the young men from his
village with 3000 people, a missile hit the crowd and Mohammed found
himself lying over the dead bodies of 403 people, 15 of them members of
his extended family.
"Mohammed, his 4 daughters and 3 sons, a daughter-in-law and
several grandsons then walked the cold desert to cross into Jordan, all
while facing death threats. [During the journey], some of their number
were killed by wild animals. A pregnant woman had to deliver her baby in
the freezing cold desert. They burned their jackets to make a fire to
keep the new born baby warm. Hope was waning.
Desperately, Mohammed left his family alone in the dark, cold
desert and walked for five hours until he reached a Jordanian army
border post, which provided assistance bringing his family into the
country. A month later, we visited the family and brought them jackets
to replace those they had burned. We shared the Gospel with them and
prayed for the family.
The team also visited a church that was filled with refugees, reporting:
“They slept in the pews, offices and every available place. The
church has rented a wedding hall for the people to live in. What
dedicated people that understand what is happening is an opportunity
rather then a curse! We were able to help with medications for a medical
team that travels and takes care of refugees in different places.”
At one point, several refugees became angry when a team member identified as a Messianic Jew began to speak to them. “But then I saw many people getting touched and crying,” said the Messianic believer. “Many
of the people came and said, 'When you first started to share, we
wanted to kill you, but now we know that Jesus is real and want to
accept Him has our Lord.'”
“I’ve never seen a church full of Muslim women wearing the hijab,” said the Israeli team leader. “We
could see the joy in the eyes of frightened children as we ministered
to them. We saw hunger for the truth as people started to question
Islam.”
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